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Klallam

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Klallam (also Clallam, although the spelling with "K" is preferred in all four modern Klallam communities) refers to four related indigenous Native American/First Nations communities from the Pacific Northwest of North America. [1]

40 relations: British Columbia, Canoe, Chinookan languages, Clallam (steamboat), Clallam County, Washington, Coast Salish, Coast Salish languages, English language, First Nations, Fish trap, George Gibbs (ethnologist), Gillnetting, Hand net, Indigenous peoples, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of Washington, Kitsap Peninsula, Klallam language, Little Boston, Washington, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Native Americans in the United States, North America, North Straits Salish language, Olympic Peninsula, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, Point No Point Treaty, Port Gamble Band of S’Klallam Indians, Poultice, Puget Sound, Scia'new First Nation, Spearfishing, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Thuja plicata, Trolling (fishing), Tse-whit-zen, United States Department of the Interior, Vancouver Island, Viola adunca, Washington (state), Washington Territory.

British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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Canoe

A canoe is a lightweight narrow vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel using a single-bladed paddle.

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Chinookan languages

The Chinookan languages were a small family of languages spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples.

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Clallam (steamboat)

The steamboat Clallam operated for about six months from July 1903 to January 1904 in Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

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Clallam County, Washington

Clallam County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Coast Salish

The Coast Salish is a group of ethnically and linguistically related indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, living in British Columbia, Canada and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon.

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Coast Salish languages

Coast Salish languages are a subgroup of the Salishan language family.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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First Nations

In Canada, the First Nations (Premières Nations) are the predominant indigenous peoples in Canada south of the Arctic Circle.

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Fish trap

A fish trap is a trap used for fishing.

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George Gibbs (ethnologist)

George Gibbs (1815–1873) was an American ethnologist, naturalist and geologist who contributed to the study of the languages of indigenous peoples in Washington Territory.

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Gillnetting

Gillnetting is a common fishing method used by commercial and artisanal fishermen of all the oceans and in some freshwater and estuary areas.

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Hand net

A hand net, also called a scoop net or dip net, is a net or mesh basket held open by a hoop.

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Indigenous peoples

Indigenous peoples, also known as first peoples, aboriginal peoples or native peoples, are ethnic groups who are the pre-colonial original inhabitants of a given region, in contrast to groups that have settled, occupied or colonized the area more recently.

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Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of Washington

The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe is a federally recognized tribe of S'Klallam or Klallam Native Americans.

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Kitsap Peninsula

The Kitsap Peninsula lies west of Seattle across Puget Sound, in Washington state in the northwestern US.

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Klallam language

Klallam, Clallam, Na'klallam or S'klallam (endonym: Nəxʷsƛ̓ay̓əmúcən), now extinct, was a Straits Salishan language that was traditionally spoken by the Klallam peoples at Becher Bay on Vancouver Island in British Columbia and across the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the north coast of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.

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Little Boston, Washington

Little Boston is community of Port Gamble CDP in Kitsap County, Washington, United States.

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Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (or Nəxʷsƛ̓áy̓əm ("strong people") in Klallam) is a federally recognized Native American nation in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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North Straits Salish language

North Straits Salish is a Salish language which includes the dialects of.

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Olympic Peninsula

The Olympic Peninsula is the large arm of land in western Washington that lies across Puget Sound from Seattle, and contains Olympic National Park.

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Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest (PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in western North America bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and (loosely) by the Cascade Mountain Range on the east.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Point No Point Treaty

The Point No Point Treaty was signed on January 26, 1855 at Point No Point, on the northern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula.

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Port Gamble Band of S’Klallam Indians

The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, formerly known as the Port Gamble Indian Community of the Port Gamble Reservation or the Port Gamble Band of S’Klallam Indians is a federally recognized tribe of S’Klallam people, located on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington.

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Poultice

A poultice, also called a cataplasm, is a soft moist mass, often heated and medicated, that is spread on cloth over the skin to treat an aching, inflamed or painful part of the body.

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Puget Sound

Puget Sound is a sound along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea.

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Scia'new First Nation

The Scia'new First Nation or Becher Bay Indian Band or Beecher Bay Indian Band is a First Nations band government located on southern Vancouver Island in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.

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Spearfishing

Spearfishing is an ancient method of fishing that has been used throughout the world for millennia.

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Strait of Juan de Fuca

The Strait of Juan de Fuca (officially named Juan de Fuca Strait in Canada) is a large body of water about long that is the Salish Sea's outlet to the Pacific Ocean.

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Thuja plicata

Thuja plicata, commonly called western or Pacific redcedar, giant or western arborvitae, giant cedar, or shinglewood, is a species of Thuja, an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae native to western North America.

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Trolling (fishing)

Trolling is a method of fishing where one or more fishing lines, baited with lures or bait fish, are drawn through the water.

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Tse-whit-zen

Tse-whit-zen (č̕ixʷícən in the Klallam language, meaning "inner harbor") is a 1,700- to 2,700-year-old village of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe located along the Port Angeles, Washington waterfront.

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United States Department of the Interior

The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, territorial affairs, and insular areas of the United States.

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Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of Canada.

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Viola adunca

Viola adunca is a species of violet known by the common names hookedspur violet, early blue violet, sand violet, and western dog violet.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Washington Territory

The Territory of Washington was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1853, until November 11, 1889, when the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Washington.

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Clallam, Clallam people, Klallam people, Klallam society, S'Klallam, S'Klallam people, S’Klallam people.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klallam

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